discouragement

1[uncountable]a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do somethingan atmosphere of discouragement and despair

2[uncountable]the action of trying to stop somethingthe government’s discouragement of political protest

3[countable]a thing that discourages somebody from doing somethingDespite all these discouragements, she refused to give up.The rise in fuel prices is intended to act as a discouragement to car users from using their cars.